Hoover v. Epler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin county. This was an action of replevin, commenced July 29th 1863, by R. C. Hoover against Abraham C. Epler, to recover a stallion belonging to Hoover, in which a case was stated for the opinion of the court. Hoover, in January 1863, made a contract with Epler to take charge of his horse until the 1st day of August for $100; to attend him in the best manner, and obey Hoover’s instructions.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin county. This was an action of replevin, commenced July 29th 1863, by R. C. Hoover against Abraham C. Epler, to recover a stallion belonging to Hoover, in which a case was stated for the opinion of the court. Hoover, in January 1863, made a contract with Epler to take charge of his horse until the 1st day of August for $100; to attend him in the best manner, and obey Hoover’s instructions. The horse was to be stationed at different places, afterwards fixed and advertised: the horse was fed at Epler’s stable and at other places where he was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, June 25th 1866, by
Thompson, J.
Gibson, C. J., in Steinman v. Wilkins, 7 W. & S. 466, in treating of the doctrine of liens by warehousemen and bailees, notices with seeming satisfaction the extension of it to other than bailments for skilled labour, or locatio operi faciendi, when something is to be done upon the thing bailed by one skilled, citing Bevan v. Waters, Moo. & M. 235, in which a trainer was allowed to retain for fitting a race-horse for the turf, and doubts the doctrine of the cases in England which denies that the agister of cattle has a…
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